New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-12
The Joys Of Childhood.

J. The Joys Of Childhood.
# / were a boy again, endowed viii
the same wild passion for pluckins
water-melons in the dark of the moon
!. I would no doubt fall victim to tina
overmaster!ng passion as I did before
4 but looking att as do. now, wollle
4 i 2 wiser. Boys can not, however, have
iii, mature jud gment Of mankind with
j e,pt the experience and the rheumatism
zkat 70 with it. So it is better that il
oau eA ildhood we may be able to ea1
raw ttpt1 zip with safety and know some.
thirs@ 1ate on in life.
t. q notiee great change in mysel1
while eo.nps ring my present condition
with that OF joyous childhood Then
Z had. gs sepst but I had a good d ges-
/ ton. Now 4 haven't even the diges-
| tion!
The. hurryiug years have cavorted
over nv s,lnny he. d till they have worn
it smooth, but they have left good deal
yet for me to1earn. Lam still engaged
in learning during tn day and putting
arnica on my eNpeRien &c at night.
Childhood is,said to the most glad
some period in QUE Iires and in some
respects this statement IA ay be regard
ed as reliable, but it is III Vt all JOY. I
have had just as ,nuch fun in later
years as did in childhoodA though the
people. with. whom Ihave BIZ en- thrown
in. contact claim that their e. vperience
has been different. III hope tn. y do not
mean anything personals by tbs,t.
l Go sometimes. wishs that go uld be
boy again, but i smother that wish on
account Of my parents. What they
need most is rest and change of scene
They still enjoy children, but they
would like chance to select the child
rem with whom they associate.
My parents were blest with five bright
eyed and beautiful little boys, three of
whom grew up and by that means be-
came adults. [ am in that condition
myself / was the eldest of the family
With the exception, of my parents. I i
am still that way. Ny early life was
rather tempestuous in places, occasion
ally flecked with sunshine, but more
frequently with retribution. / was not
very good roadster when young, so
retribution was most always in the
act of overtaking me. While outrag-
ed justice was getting in its work on
me. the other boys escaped through a
small aperture in the fence.
That is another reason why I do not
yearn to, be boy again
When we ran away from school to
catch clubs and when we built fire to
cook them and the fire got into thettall |
dried grass and burned four miles of
fence and sixteen tons of hay for gen
tleman for whom had high regard,
and went back to put out the fire, the
other boys escaped and have remained
so ever since.
A just retribution has never had any
difficulty in overtaking me and walking
up and down my wishbone.
When party of us had been engaged
in gathering Easter eggs in the barn of
gentleman who was away from home
at the time, and he returned Just as we
had filled our pockets with the choicest
vintage of the sun-kissed. hens, the
other boys escaped while was occupy
ing the attention of the dog, and 1 had
to slide out thesecond story of the barn.
1t is still fresh in my mind as l write.
[ wore my fathers vest at that time,
and it was larger than was necessary.
My father was larger than at that
time. for was only nine years of age
and had not arrived at my full stature.
In sliding down. the batten I discovered
that the upper end of it was loose, and
that my flowing vest had slipped over
it, so that when. got down about four
feet hung with. the board buttoned in
side my bosom and the scrambled eggs,
oozing out of my knickerbockers.
1 Tho hofto, ho1 I,
the barn in such. a. way as to prevent
my unbuttoning my vest, and while l,
hung there on the side of the barn like
a coon skin. the proprietor came
around and accused me: of prematurely
gathering his eggs.
had heard truth very highly spoken
Of by people who had dabbled in it
more OF less, and so resolved to try it
in this instance. So admitted that
such was the ease,. and it was the best
thing [ could have done, for the man
said as | had been so frank with him
he would take ME down as soon as he
got his other work done, and he was as
good as his word After he had MIXED
nine cows and fed nine calves, he came
around with a ladder, and took me
down. He also spanked me and set
the dog on me, but / did not mind that,
for was accustomed to- it. To hang
on the side of a, barn, however. like an
autumn Leaf, trying to kick large holes
in the atmosphere is disagreeable.
This incident cast gloom over my
whole life. 1t has also reconciled me
to the awful decree that I can. never
be boy again. BIZ Nye.
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A Tale Of Two Fingers.
He took 1.-TWO ingers' before he went,
To brace his nerves bit: